Plans for After Spring Break in Spanish Class

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Do you get a spring break? Whether your school calendar just gives you a long weekend for Easter, or a week off sometime in March or April, coming back to class after an extra day or two can be tough. Especially if you actually took time to turn off that teacher brain! I wanted to share a quick activity or two you could use for after spring break in Spanish class.

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Plans for After Spring Break in Spanish Class

While I would usually start every class with our start of class routine, this looks a little different that first day after break! We still do a quick weather talk and calendar talk, but instead of the brief check in, I like to do something more involved.

Click here to learn about the usual daily routine!

Instead, I like to give students a chance to share about what they’ve been up to. Depending on my OWN energy levels and how I’m feeling, I usually pick between one of two options: a writing and drawing activity, or a speaking and writing activity. Let’s chat more about them!

Writing and Drawing for After Spring Break

This writing and drawing activity is great for a quieter, calmer start back to school. I have a few options to choose from so I can use this with all levels that I teach. The options for after break include:

writing a short paragraph
writing and drawing what they did (sentence starters given)
answering questions about what they did

The different scaffolding options make it easy to just print the copies and give them out to different levels. Sometimes, when I’ve had class periods with a wider range of levels within them, I’ll print all the options and let students choose how they want to complete the activity.

If I didn’t get copies made before break, let’s be honest. There is zero way I’m going into school early on the first day back. If that’s the case, I’ll use the Google Slides version instead and just post it in Google Classroom for students to work on it. With this option they can even insert their own pictures (if they want)!

Find Someone Who for After Spring Break in Spanish

If you have a more lively class that wants to catch up and talk to each other after break, or if you just want to get their energy up, this speaking and writing activity is my pick!

If you’re not familiar with Find Someone Who.. it works like a human bingo game. Students find someone who fits the description for each box, then record their classmate’s name!

Just like with the writing and drawing activity, I like to have a few variations to choose from. This set includes:

3rd person form (students will have to form the second and first person in their conversations)
2nd person (students read and ask each other the questions, but have to form their response)
2nd person + a scaffolded response (students ask each other and can check the sheet for help answering)
images to support understanding

There are a few ways you can have students complete the bingo sheet. Some classes do really well if you just give them time to talk to each other and complete the page, while some need some more structure. A great way to add that structure is with a timer! Pull up a timer on YouTube and give them a minute or two to find someone, have a short conversation, then go find someone else. If they need even more structure, you can have them sit or stand in two circles, and rotate when the timer beeps. It just depends on the class!

After students finish catching up with each other and recording who did what over break, I like to give them a follow up writing activity. This just has students write down who they spoke with and what they did, then has a space for them to write about their own break, too!

After Break in Spanish Class

Of course, you can always choose any of your favorite Weekend Chat options for after break! If you need a few more ideas, you might like my blog post here on ways to mix up weekend chat: